Working from home isn’t so bad, whether you’re a freelancer or enjoying the perks of a flexible working arrangement. You get to avoid a lot of the downsides of office life, like battling traffic on your way to work, or the noise associated with an open-plan office. Along with all the pros, though, there are […]
In the most dynamic companies, where employees and managers, rather than playing a role, are called to achieve goals, the office furniture interpret the new working methods, focusing on functionality. Is the executive office dead? No, it’s simply evolved. There’s been a rethink about the way management areas are organized, resulting in spaces that are […]
Are you really able to concentrate in the office? If the answer is no, especially if you work in an open-plan space, don’t worry: you’re not alone. Having trouble focusing in this type of environment is a common problem. Open-plan spaces have been conceived not just to reduce space requirements, but also to improve collaboration […]
A stone’s throw from the Algiers Houari Boumediene International Airport – linked to the terminals by an enclosed footbridge that is an experience in itself – stands the Hyatt Regency Algiers Airport, the first hotel opened by the famous American chain in Algeria. Immense, majestic and offering all the comforts that the business traveller expects […]
That colleague who talks too loudly, the phone ringing, the printer’s clunking, the fan’s droning, cars parking, people gossiping around the coffee machine… There are days when even the tapping of fingers on keyboards grates on your nerves: but fear not, this is completely normal, especially when working in an open space. SOUND AFFECTS US […]
We’re living in a historic age where emails, newspaper articles and phone calls are inundated with a disproportionate amount of newly coined terms whose true meanings, more often than not, are a mystery to us. The result? Terms that tend to take on a whole new widely recognized and slightly distorted meaning as time goes […]
With their use well entrenched in Northern Europe and the US, sit-stand desks are gaining popularity in other countries and have become a must-have in any modern office. Not sure what we’re talking about? Let’s back up a moment. A sit-stand desk (like Frezza’s Pop Ad) is a height-adjustable desk, designed to allow the user […]
Hovering between the extreme chaos of Hoarding: Buried Alive and Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, there’s a small bubble of hope: a tidy desk, where there’s an ideal place for everything, making for an efficient workday. While many may see it as a utopia, there’s actually a “technique” to help us achieve […]
